Original post by turbidite
I know you need an extra year training but what is the total timescale exactly?
You would have to do a law conversion, which is one academic year long. If you were to get a training contract with a law firm beforehand (at least for the top commercial law firms) they would pay for this year.
So out of university, you'd do a one-year law conversion, one year studying for the SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Exam), then two years in a law firm as a paid trainee lawyer. After that, you'd be qualified
(edited 9 months ago)
Original post by poppy2022
You would have to do a law conversion, which is one academic year long. If you were to get a training contract with a law firm beforehand (at least for the top commercial law firms) they would pay for this year.
So out of university, you'd do a one-year law conversion, one year studying for the SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Exam), then two years in a law firm as a paid trainee lawyer. After that, you'd be qualified
So out of university, you'd do a one-year law conversion, one year studying for the SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Exam), then two years in a law firm as a paid trainee lawyer. After that, you'd be qualified
alright cheers
You don't need a qualifying law degree or a postgraduate law conversion to be a solicitor anymore. Just need to pass SQE1 and 2 and work experience. But in reality to be able to pass SQE1 you'll need a law degree or conversion and most firms still require it.
Bear in mind also that a law degree from Oxford or Cambridge is a BA, which is equivalent an LLB. It's the subject that matters, not the nomenclature. About half of the practising lawyers in the UK have law degrees and about half have degrees in other subjects.
Original post by turbidite
I know you need an extra year training but what is the total timescale exactly?
Hi,
First you need to check if the BA you are considering is a qualifying law degree as some of them are (although this is less common - Oxbridge is an example of this).
People approach qualifying from all sorts of angles and backgrounds so a "accurate" timeline doesn't exactly exist. If you were to do it in the simplest and fastest way (ignoring issues like funding and difficulty) then you could just sit your SQE exams straight out of university (this is very rare as the pass rate is around 50% including those who take prep courses) and then do your 2 years of qualifying work experience. More commonly, would be to do a conversion course (one academic year) and then your SQE prep course/exams (one academic year) and then 2 years of qualifying work experience before you were fully qualified.
I hope this helps!
(edited 9 months ago)
Original post by UniofLaw Student
Hi,
First you need to check if the BA you are considering is a qualifying law degree as some of them are (although this is less common - Oxbridge is an example of this).
People approach qualifying from all sorts of angles and backgrounds so a "accurate" timeline doesn't exactly exist. If you were to do it in the simplest and fastest way (ignoring issues like funding and difficulty) then you could just sit your SQE exams straight out of university (this is very rare as the pass rate is around 50% including those who take prep courses) and then do your 2 years of qualifying work experience. More commonly, would be to do a conversion course (one academic year) and then your SQE prep course/exams (one academic year) and then 2 years of qualifying work experience before you were fully qualified.
I hope this helps!
First you need to check if the BA you are considering is a qualifying law degree as some of them are (although this is less common - Oxbridge is an example of this).
People approach qualifying from all sorts of angles and backgrounds so a "accurate" timeline doesn't exactly exist. If you were to do it in the simplest and fastest way (ignoring issues like funding and difficulty) then you could just sit your SQE exams straight out of university (this is very rare as the pass rate is around 50% including those who take prep courses) and then do your 2 years of qualifying work experience. More commonly, would be to do a conversion course (one academic year) and then your SQE prep course/exams (one academic year) and then 2 years of qualifying work experience before you were fully qualified.
I hope this helps!
Oxbridge is an example of what? If you are suggesting that law degrees from Oxford and Cambridge are not qualifying law degrees, you are mistaken.
(edited 9 months ago)
Original post by UniofLaw Student
Hi,
First you need to check if the BA you are considering is a qualifying law degree as some of them are (although this is less common - Oxbridge is an example of this).
People approach qualifying from all sorts of angles and backgrounds so a "accurate" timeline doesn't exactly exist. If you were to do it in the simplest and fastest way (ignoring issues like funding and difficulty) then you could just sit your SQE exams straight out of university (this is very rare as the pass rate is around 50% including those who take prep courses) and then do your 2 years of qualifying work experience. More commonly, would be to do a conversion course (one academic year) and then your SQE prep course/exams (one academic year) and then 2 years of qualifying work experience before you were fully qualified.
I hope this helps!
First you need to check if the BA you are considering is a qualifying law degree as some of them are (although this is less common - Oxbridge is an example of this).
People approach qualifying from all sorts of angles and backgrounds so a "accurate" timeline doesn't exactly exist. If you were to do it in the simplest and fastest way (ignoring issues like funding and difficulty) then you could just sit your SQE exams straight out of university (this is very rare as the pass rate is around 50% including those who take prep courses) and then do your 2 years of qualifying work experience. More commonly, would be to do a conversion course (one academic year) and then your SQE prep course/exams (one academic year) and then 2 years of qualifying work experience before you were fully qualified.
I hope this helps!
Thank you!
Original post by Stiffy Byng
Oxbridge is an example of what? If you are suggesting that law degrees from Oxford and Cambridge are not qualifying law degrees, you are mistaken.
Hi @Stiffy Byng,
I am sorry for any confusion! I was actually implying quite the opposite and that they are not LLBs but they are qualifying law degrees 🙂
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